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A woman, man and child are seen in the foreground of the outskirts of a small town of square adobe homes and wooden shacks. The town is located in a dry desert valley and surrounded by a mountain range. The man sits inside an border of bricks next to a wooden shack. The woman and child stand in front of the man near a utility power pole. The 80's were considered to be the "lost decade" because of Mexico's debt crisis. This was due to the falling oil prices that left Mexico without foreign currencies to pay off its $80 billion debt. This in effect, increased high levels of unemployement, especially in rural areas. Una mujer, un hombre y un niño se ven en el primer plano de las afueras de un pequeño pueblo de casas de adobe cuadradas y chozas de madera. La ciudad está situada en un valle seco del desierto y rodeada por una cordillera. El hombre se sienta dentro de un borde de ladrillos junto a una choza de madera. La mujer y el niño están parados frente al hombre cerca de un poste de electricidad. Los años 80 fueron considerados como la "década perdida" debido a la crisis de la deuda de México. Esto se debió a la caída de los precios del petróleo que dejó a México sin monedas extranjeras para pagar su deuda de $ 80 mil millones. Esto, en efecto, aumentó los altos niveles de desempleo, especialmente en las zonas rurales.
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